Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

New Scientist. In each episode, hosts Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte explore what would happen if they were given cosmic powers to rearrange the universe. They speak with astronomers, cosmologists and ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs ...

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our own Sun.

A new Webb image captures a zoomed-in view of the iconic nebula, also known as the Eye of Sauron or Eye of God for its ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

Sci-fi sitcoms are a bit unusual as compared to more traditional comedies, but some, including "Futurama" and "3rd Rock From ...